PAUSE
Wherever you are on Wednesday next
At eleven when the sirens sound
Put down the coffee, hold off the text,
Stop and stand and hold your ground.
For this is when in Remembrance Week
We all need to be silent and still,
Not to text nor e-mail nor call nor speak
But let the names and memories fill
The November air that settles around
Us all - civilian, soldier, child –
As we remember without a sound
The lives of millions by war defiled.
In those two minutes let your thought
Drift to names and places heard
Of battles, and of those who fought -
Remember them without a word.
Think of those whose lives were lost
In defence of a greater cause,
Whose devotion had a heavy cost.
The least you owe - this tiny pause.
Make this gap in your busy day
Time to reflect on why they died.
They died in the hope of a better way,
So pause – and wear your poppy with pride.
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